2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bristol, VA vs Grand Prairie, TX

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Highlights
- Grand Prairie spends 0.7% less per student than Bristol.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 39.9% higher in Grand Prairie than in Bristol. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Grand Prairie had 6.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bristol
 Bristol, VAGrand Prairie, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,172$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,171  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,920$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9714573
 Students per Counselor314  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Bristol    7 Reviews

Eat and live on the TN side, shop on the VA side.  More

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Over 7 years ago

I’ve lived here my whole life and the crime/drug rate keeps going up. This area is starting to go downhill. Not to mention the property taxes are  More

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Lived here my whole life basically and this place is going downhill. It’s a drug area. Mostly people on meth and pills. I feel like the crime rate just keeps going up.  More

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Reviews for Grand Prairie    5 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

If you are a black man, DON'T BELIEVE THE Texas HYPE, GET A JOB FIRST, GET A JOB FIRST!!! have lots of money, start a business if you can. Why? because there are many  More

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Over 14 years ago

Nice senior  More

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Over 17 years ago

I'm from Pennsylvania and we are thinking about moving to Grand Prairie or Plano. The one thing that bothers me is the crime rate in grand prairie. If anyone could give  More

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